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BRD CONTROL PROGRAMMES:A GUIDE FOR

VETS

PARTICIPANT SELECTION

Beef farmers Breeders Rearers Beef from dairy

High risk High prevalence Achievers and Aspirants Prevention and control programmes

1) GROUP MEETING

2 hour training workshop – on farm or suitable location

Group size 5 – 10

Three main areas to cover in training:

1. BRD risks and causes Environment

Pathogens

Susceptibility

2. BRD prevention and control Biosecurity

Bio-containment

Resilience

Surveillance

3. Treatment of clinical cases and metaphylaxis Appropriate use of antimicrobials

Use of non-steroidals and steroids

Case selection and monitoring progress

Don’t give it all away at the first meeting!

Objective is to engage farmers to progress to

later stages and get the benefits of farm specific health planning for the

prevention and control of respiratory disease

2) FARM VISITS – 3 HOURS+ 1 HOUR TO CREATE BRD HEALTH PLAN1. Complete BRD risk assessment on myhealthyheerd.com –

entry and spread risks

2. Collect surveillance data that exists or look for yourself

3. Set up surveillance strategy and tasks

4. Collect samples if specific pneumonia a problem and surveillance strategy requires it (eg IBR, Mycoplasma etc)

5. Create BRD health plan (1 hour max) using myhealthyherd Prevention

Control

Treatment

Vaccination

3) GROUP WORKSHOP – 2 HOURS

Organise workshop training meeting for the BRD group

Meet at a participant’s farm

1. Review BRD health plan

2. Demonstrate implementation

3. Discuss results

4. Motivate others

DO WE BELIEVE IN PREVENTIVE MEDICINE?CAN WE SELL IT?

Dr Sibley, I am reading about

pneumonia. I don’t have this disease but I would like to pay you to come

out here and advise me on how to avoid

getting it. Thank you.

PRINCIPLES

An well-planned control programme will enable you to: Prevent pneumonia Control Pneumonia Treat pneumonia

Strategically Effectively And get paid for it!

PREVENTIVE VETERINARY MEDICINE: MYHEALTHYHERD PRINCIPLES OF PREVENTION AND CONTROL Prevention is better than cure

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Risks Entry

Spread

Surveillance

Resilience

Disease status of the herd

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THE FOUR PILLARS SUPPORTING THE DISEASE

STATUS OF A HERD

THE FOUR PILLARS SUPPORTING THE DISEASE

STATUS OF A HERDIntuitively, veterinarians test and

treat

Testing alone never controlled or prevented a disease

Vaccination has limitations

Biosecurity and bio-containment need to be part of disease

prevention and control

THE ASPIRATION HIERARCHY

Decide on aspiration Tolerance Control Eradication and

freedom Depends on

Resource Priorities Economic benefits

TREATMENT: IMPORTANT TO US AND THEM

Strategy

Detail

Best practice

Using MHH to create treatment plans

TREATMENT

Strategy Detail Best practice

If all else fails; read the instructions

BASIC PLANNING

Use the health planning section of myhealthyherd.com

You can get full access, but you will need membership

Farmers can access the Health Planner module for free

USING MYHEALTHYHERD.COM Beef or dairy herds

Up to three “herds” per farm

Use strategically

Find your way around before you go to the farm

Try to use it “live” and engage the farmer

Paper based data collection forms are available from the Resources section of the site

BIOSECURITY RISK ASSESSMENT: THE RISKS OF PATHOGENS ENTERING THE HERD

Complete general biosecurity risk assessment (cattle, people and objects)

Then complete disease specific risks for Bovine Pneumonia

Myhealthyherd will do the maths

BIOSECURITY RISKS

The report will form the summary and basis of a biosecurity plan:

For herds that have not yet been affected by BRD

For herds that are affected , have high aspirations and wish to control the disease

RISKS OF SPREAD:1) HOUSING RISKS

SPACE AND AIR CALCULATOR

RISKS OF SPREAD: 2) ENVIRONMENTAL

RISKS OF SPREAD: 3) GROUPING RISKS

RISKS OF SPREAD:4) RESILIENCE RISKS

Resilience, natural or acquired

Husbandry factors are important

Control strategies may be based on resilience if these are shown to be the biggest risks

RISKS OF SPREAD: OVERALL

This summary will be the main discussion document leading to a prevention and control plan

Skills will be required to get to this point Three hours of your time should be allocated to

get to this point

BIOSECURITY PLANNING

The prevention of disease coming in to the herd

Risk reduction rather than risk elimination

Identify the hazards and manage them

BIOSECURITY PLANNING

Like all good health plans: V = Valued E = Effective S = Specific P = Practical A = Agreed

SURVEILLANCE PLANS

What disease is present in the herd?

How do you find out? Ask Count Assess Get a

better system Specific

diagnoses

PREVALENCE AND RISK PREDICTION

Set priorities and create a starting point What is likely to happen if you do nothing? Knowing is not enough

CONTROL STRATEGIES

CONTROL TASKS

THE CONTROL PLAN

Concentrate on risk management Vaccines alone are unlikely to work Vaccine compliance is not good Skill and judgements are required VESPA

PROGRESS The progress page will tell you where you are Keep up with progress Progress is not possible without change Funding will help, but is not the solution